Background and aims: Camilo’s workshop uses cumbia as a way to connect participants with their bodies and each other. Cumbia is rhythmical music that was born in the Colombian Caribbean region. This is the first exercise in the workshop, wherein Camilo shows how rhythm begins in, and flows through, our bodies.
Step 1: Participants stand in a circle and each checks their pulse with their fingers. When they feel it, they try to illustrate it with a simple vocalisations – with their voices, they show how the heartbeat goes.
Step 2: Now the participants move with their body’s rhythm. Following their pulse, they move around the room to the beat (of their heart) – walking, dancing freely, moving around each other in space.
